#artist-influence

#artist-influence

This was his motivation behind bringing these artists together: to pay homage to them. Each artist is well represented by two large works and two works on paper, the one exception being an additional small painting by Murray, which, along with many of the other small works, came from Pfaff's collection. Indeed, this is a DIY exhibition, put together without support from an institution or a commercial gallery.

The nonsense number trend began life as a throwaway line in "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Philly rapper Skrilla, a 26-year-old who makes menacing drill rap where his couplets tumble haphazardly like Percocets out of an overturned prescription pill bottle. With his nasal flow, he's proclaimed himself the "face of zombieland" - a nod to the grim reality of the open-air drug market in his Kensington neighborhood - and seems to be approaching his newfound notoriety with bemusement at the mop-headed TikTok-ers who've boosted his streaming numbers and, probably, his asking price.